Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support…
Priority LOW 32Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support Assistant, as used in Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, and System Works 2005 and 2006, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.06303 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:symantec:automated_support_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Symantec |
| cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Symantec |
| cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2006 | Vulnerable | Symantec |
| cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2005 | Vulnerable | Symantec |
| cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2006 | Vulnerable | Symantec |
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:automated_support_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Symantec
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Symantec
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·Symantec
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·Symantec
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_system_works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·Symantec
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5403
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crr9-5rqj-fxgq
References
More Symantec Automated Support Assistant vulnerabilities
- TI-2006-06237 Multiple buffer overflows in the SupportSoft (1) SmartIssue (tgctlsi.dll) and (2)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-05216 Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control used in Symantec Automated Support… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
Sources
- CVE-2006-5403 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-5403 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crr9-5rqj-fxgq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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